40 Birthdays Celebrated!

Thank you so much for your continued support! We have many more children now, and are in desperate need for more people to support a child's birthday through www.wribrazil.com/10forthem

The boys at Living Stones Carpina didn't know what was coming when I brought out the birthday glasses:

This is Edekennedy (Feb.20) . Lucas (Jan 27), Deivison (Jan 10), Igor (Mar 4), and Antonio (Mar 27) (along with two boys I didn't get their names) celebrated with us.

Rita (Mar 6) was our only girl to celebrate her birthday, and got a little shy.

The boys at Living Stones Guadalajara lined up like a jail sentence, until they learned there was cake invovled!

This is Wertsosonese (yep), who wasn't sure what day his birthday was, but was sure it was in March. His mother gave me some cake and goodies from his own party, because he was so happy to celebrate with us too! Alex (Mar 22), Wilamy (Jan 9), Jeffiter (Jan 22), and Wemerson also celebrated with us.

The girls in Guadalajara got their poses on.

This is Kerssia, who also doesn't know which day in March is her birthday, but we will only celebrate it once, so now is the time. Jaciara (Jan 9), Elizabeth (Jan 7), Vitoria (Feb 20), Stefany (Jan 14), and Livia celebrated with us.

In Mussurepe, Viviane (Jan 21), Joel (Mar 23), Joelma (Jan 30), Laysa (Mar), and Eline celebrated their birthdays.

I would have expected nothing less from Viviane than this pose:)

In Cajueiro, we celebrated Leticia (Feb 4), Laiza (Jan 25) Anginha (Dec 30), Flavio (Jan 20), Mercia (Feb 23), Camila (Mar 24), and Vitor (Mar 18).

What a lovely couple!
In Paudalho, I was able to visit the some of the familys, and celebrated with Cesar (Jan 7)

I stopped by, but did not get the picture of Glabison (Jan 24), Luana (Jan 24), Lucy (Feb 25), and Roberto (Feb 12). Rafael Jose (Mar 26) and Morgana (Mar 29) will soon be visited.

Leandra was all smiles about her 16th birthday (Mar 12)

My little sweetheart Josefa (Mar 21) turned 6! She shares a birthday with my nephew who turned three, and my friend Joyce who turned...not telling:)

I gave her her first book:). She just started going to school. Thank you for giving! We are scraping the bottom of our resources, and cannot continue to provide for these birthday parties without your help! Please give to our $10 FOR THEM program at www.wribrazil.com/10forthem

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Introducing Living Stones

This blog is to keep you updated with what is going on with the Living Stones $10 FOR THEM Birthday program in Northeast Brazil.  If this is your first time hearing about Living Stones, or you would like a quick refresh, here is a quick look at the program:

 

Living Stones serves impoverished children.

We work with many street children (a term used for both market children--who work in the streets and live with their families--and homeless street children--who work, live and sleep in the streets, often lacking contact with their families: Casa Alianza, Worldwide Statistics, Sept. 2000) and at-risk children who apply for help and welfare assistance in the urban context, and generally impoverished children in rural context.

Each child is individual, as well as their story and needs, whether they are temporarily or permanently in need. For most of these children, the meal they receive at Living Stones is the only hot meal they will have all day. We help them scholastically and nutritionally, enabling them to go to school instead of spending that time begging/working for food.

 

Living Stones is located in Northeast Brazil with World Renewal Brazil.

Working under the ministry of World Renewal Brazil (http://www.wribrazil.com/), Living Stones is a program individually connected with and under its respective church to serve the children in their community.

Living Stones is a community outreach and church planting ministry.

We work with churches who desire to either 1. Begin a new church plant, or 2. Expand their church ministry within their community. We come alongside our brothers and sisters in Brazil to help train them and give them the resources to make a lasting difference in their community.

Through the week = Living Stones

On Sundays = A new church plant, or community outreach

 

Living Stones LENDs: enabling churches to provide Love, Education, Nutrition, and Direction

Each Living Stone program is set up to help their community in the best way possible. Some are full-time programs, serving two groups per day, in conjunction with the school system. One group goes to school in the morning, 1:00-4:00pm Living Stones (lunch and classes), and the other group comes 8-11am Living Stones (classes and then lunch), and goes to school in the afternoon. Some Living Stones are half-day programs,  some are in conjunctions with Glory Sports ministries, and some are on the weekends.

You can help Living Stones LEND by giving a HAND

Have a HEART for the ministry, investing a part of yourself. ASSISTANCE by coming to Brazil yourself is always welcome and needed (opportunities at http://www.wribrazil.com) . Please take the NEEDS of the ministry before the Lord (find out more at www.buildinglivingstones.blogspot.com) , who supplies abundantly, and lastly, DONATIONS are always a blessing (at www.wribrazil.com/livingstones.html).  

The cost of the Living Stones program is approximately $1 a day per child. Please pray about supporting a child with a monthly donation of $30 (www.wribrazil.com/foundationbuilder) Once 60 people are committed, we can begin to plant a new Living Stones program and church in a community.